All MRO articles – Page 535
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Are you IT- compatible?
Anybody who has not realised that strategic alliances between airlines are the future of the industry must have been asleep for the last few years. But as the major alliance groups seek to implement the close ties their strategists have planned, they are becoming acutely aware of a painful reality: ...
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Courting trouble
By the time that the European courts actually got round to ruling on the Air France state aid issue, it is a fair bet that few people remembered that the case was still pending. It is, after all, four years since the European Commission waved through approval for the French ...
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Israel seeks a maintenance deal with Jordan
The Israeli Civil Aviation Authority has offered to sign a deal with its counterpart in Jordan, allowing Israeli airlines to undertake aircraft maintenance in Jordanian facilities. Israeli CAA director-general Avner Yarkoni has written to his Jordanian counterpart, Capt Yaser Zawad, offering to sign an agreement which will allow the ...
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Shorts removes obstacle to resumption of Fokker production
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Bombardier Aerospace Shorts has removed a major obstacle to the restart of Fokker airliner production by finally agreeing to sell to the Dutch company's trustees the tools, equipment and drawings it has held as the wing producer. Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Shorts was a risk sharing partner in the ...
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HUDs for hubs
Tony Booth/Basle Switzerland's Crossair has completed the installation of head-up displays (HUDs) in its Saab 2000s, thus providing the schedule reliability required for its EuroCross strategy to turn Basle Airport into a major European regional hub. With careful arrival and departure co-ordination, Crossair now guarantees more than 500 ...
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Making waves
With a new regional venture, a consultancy and plans to invest in an African carrier, Air Mauritius is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in exploiting its standing in the region. When Air Mauritius chairman and managing director Nashir Mallam-Hasham arrived at his new desk a little over a year ...
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Workshop
Dee Howard has sold its maintenance activities at San Antonio,Texas to Code, Hennessy & Simmons, a private equity investment fund, allowing Dee Howard to focus on its thrust reverser business Vietnam Airlines has awarded Lufthansa Technik subsidiary Lufthansa AERO a three-year contract to overhaul its ATR 72 turboprop fleet's ...
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OGMA maintains AE3007
OGMA-Aeronautical of Alverca, near the Portuguese capital Lisbon, claims to be the first European organisation to receive approval as an authorised maintenance centre for Allison Engines' AE3007, which powers the Embraer RJ-145 family. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier MSP
Bombardier has chosen AlliedSignal's Maintenance Service Plan (MSP) for its Business JetSolutions fractional ownership programme. Four Learjet 31As will be enrolled in the MSP immediately, says AlliedSignal, with more aircraft to be added as they are delivered later this year. AlliedSignal will also provide engine maintenance on all future Business ...
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IPTN looks for international backing for delayed N250-100
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE IPTN has been forced to delay scheduled certification of the N250-100 until late 2000, as the Indonesian company seeks international support for the twin turboprop programme and the planned follow-on N2130 jet development. IPTN vice-president Ilham Habibie, speaking exclusively to Flight International, states: "We're no longer ...
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Hunting sells cargo airline to complete aviation disposals
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The UK's Hunting group has completed the last major piece in the year-long dismantling of its loss-making aviation division, with the sale of the Hunting Cargo Airlines business. It has gone to Belgian shipping group CMB, which bid jointly with South African freight carrier Safair. The ...
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Engine pooling concept targets airline costs
Guy Norris/SAN DIEGO Shannon Engine Support (SES), an Irish-based company specialising in supporting the CFM International CFM56-3, is promoting a concept in which airlines will club together to create a pool of spare engines. The initiative has been prompted by estimates that the industry will have to spend $30 ...
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Ministers approve European safety authority
A European safety authority could be set up within 18 months following an agreement by 15 European Union transport ministers on 18 June to establish a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Membership of the agency will initially be open to all 27 members of the European Joint Aviation Authorities. ...
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Third domestic could start up could be in Australia
Australia is to get a third domestic carrier for major trunk routes, if Australian Airlines Holdings' plans come to fruition. The company has revealed its intention to launch an airline connecting Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Chief executive Paul Orpwood says the plan is to acquire ...
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Growing DeCrane buys up specialist Avtech
Fast-growing US aerospace group DeCrane Aircraft is continuing on the acquisition trail with a deal to buy Avtech, a Seattle-based electronic systems specialist, for $83 million. Chairman Jack DeCrane says the purchase should take the group's sales above $200 million next year. Avtech supplies a range of communication, power and ...
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Rolls-Royce sets the pattern with spares deal
Rolls-Royce is changing the way it handles internal spares supply in a deal with outsourcing specialist Pattonair International. The initial agreement could lead to a wider tie-up, including the involvement of overseas operations such as R-R's US subsidiary, engine maker Allison. A memorandum of understanding has already been signed ...
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Decimating decibels
Noise regulations coming into force in Europe and the USA are forcing aircraft owners to consider the future of their ageing fleets Ian Sheppard/London A ban will apply in Europe after 31 December, 1999, on aircraft not complying with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Chapter III rules, while, ...
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Marketplace
-British World Airlines is planning to double its British Aerospace ATP fleet, and has signed a memorandum of understanding for two white-tail aircraft for delivery in mid-1998. -Sun-Air of Scandinavia has also placed an MoU with BAe Asset Management Turboprops for a third BAe ATP. -C-S Aviation Services has delivered ...
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Heico buys again
Within days of announcing a major merger with French ground support equipment (GSE)company Teleflex-Lionel-Dupont (TLD), Heico has revealed two new cash deals to buy engine parts makers. It will pay $41 million for McClain International, which serves the general aviation market, and $15 million for PTM International, which serves airlines. ...
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Cirrus SR20 flies closer towards certification
Cirrus Design flew its production prototype SR20 single-engined light aircraft on 3 June and is now hoping to receive US certification by the end of this year. The second and final prototype (C2), which will be the primary aircraft for testing the fuel, avionics and electrical systems, reached 135kt ...